Section 12: Civil liability

(1) Where any damage has been caused by any harmful waste which has been deposited or dumped on any land or territorial waters or contiguous zone or Exclusive Economic Zone of Nigeria or its inland waterways, any person who deposited, dumped or imported the harmful waste or caused the harmful waste to be so deposited, dumped or imported shall be liable for the damage except where the damage-
(a) was due wholly to the fault of the person who suffered it; or
(b) was suffered by a person who voluntarily accepted the risk thereof.
(2) In this section "damage" includes the death of, or injury to any person (including any diseases and any impairment of physical or mental condition).